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The instructor was very well prepared, organized and well versed in the class instruction. The class was very informative... The instructor was very well prepared, organized and well versed in the class instruction. The class was very informative and interactive enabling real world discussions of problems that could be presented in a scenario. The information was very well presented and in enough detail to perform the expectation that EPA regulations require.
The RRP class was full of useful, much needed information on a existing problem created so many years ago. Well taught and... The RRP class was full of useful, much needed information on a existing problem created so many years ago. Well taught and very informative. Enjoyed every moment and thought the instructor was well spoken. Thank you!
This class made lead safe practices easy to understand! This class made lead safe practices easy to understand!
Class was very informative and well taught. Class was very informative and well taught.
Good class! Instructors had solid understanding of subject matter and used anecdotes as well as data and hands-on training... Good class! Instructors had solid understanding of subject matter and used anecdotes as well as data and hands-on training to fill out a very useful training.
Comfortable setting, simple and comprehensible material presentation. Comfortable setting, simple and comprehensible material presentation.
Excellent service. Very helpful class. Excellent service. Very helpful class.
This was a dynamic, real-life, energizing class. Well done! This was a dynamic, real-life, energizing class. Well done!
The instructor was very good. The instructor was very good.
Awesome class! Thank you. Awesome class! Thank you.
Great presentation! The need and solutions were well defined. Great presentation! The need and solutions were well defined.
Great class with real life scenerio discussions! Great class with real life scenerio discussions!
Kate Kirkwood (instructor) was extremely courteous and explained in full depth the do's & don'ts. Highly respectful towards... Kate Kirkwood (instructor) was extremely courteous and explained in full depth the do's & don'ts. Highly respectful towards all the Students! She is truly a professional instructor!! THANK YOU.
Kate has a lot of experience under her belt which allowed her to explain things excellently. I learned a lot from the class... Kate has a lot of experience under her belt which allowed her to explain things excellently. I learned a lot from the class and am happy I took it.
Kate was very professional, had lots of experience to relate and kept the class moving and interesting. Kate was very professional, had lots of experience to relate and kept the class moving and interesting.
Was very informative. Was very informative.
Very informative and clear. Very informative and clear.
The instructor was very knowledgeable. She answered every ones questions and thoroughly explained her answers. Great job! The instructor was very knowledgeable. She answered every ones questions and thoroughly explained her answers. Great job!
Kate was very informative. Very understanding. Kate was very informative. Very understanding.
It was very informative, I am quite pleased and excited to move forward knowing what I learned in this class. It was very informative, I am quite pleased and excited to move forward knowing what I learned in this class.
It's was very informative. It's was very informative.
The course was great! The instructor was very helpful and I liked the hands on learning. The course was great! The instructor was very helpful and I liked the hands on learning.
The class was structured well and very informative. The class was structured well and very informative.
Instructor spent the first 45 minutes talking about herself. Waste of time. Breakfast and lunch were mentioned in the initial... Instructor spent the first 45 minutes talking about herself. Waste of time. Breakfast and lunch were mentioned in the initial communications, yet there was none. Chairs were terribly uncomfortable.
Very informative & well structured. Very informative & well structured.
Very informative class loaded with lots of up to date information. Good value for your money and time. Very informative class loaded with lots of up to date information. Good value for your money and time.
I felt that Kate was very devoted to not only helping but informing us about lead cautions and understanding. It seemed that... I felt that Kate was very devoted to not only helping but informing us about lead cautions and understanding. It seemed that she was not teaching as a job but more as a passion about the subject. For me, that helps me to learn about a subject and become interested in more than just the certification. I personally had many questions throughout the course and the instructor did not hesitate to stop and field those questions, to help me better understand a certain rule or regulation. I was very happy with her course and came out of it with a much more positive attitude than expected. Thank you!
Great class and easy to understand. Great class and easy to understand.
Great class. The instructor was very knowledgeable. Great class. The instructor was very knowledgeable.
This class met all goals for proper training and certification. This class met all goals for proper training and certification.
This class was great but with so much info it actually has to be longer and taugh slower. (But glad it wasn't ). This class was great but with so much info it actually has to be longer and taugh slower. (But glad it wasn't ).
Kate was outstanding. Very knowledgeable and kept the course interesting. Excellent instructor. Kate was outstanding. Very knowledgeable and kept the course interesting. Excellent instructor.
The instructor was very good and informative. The instructor was very good and informative.
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(Closed) With its sleek and modern style, Veil exudes taste and image. And while the portions are a bit on the small side, the quality and variety make up for it.
Veil is unfortunately one of the first high profile restaurants to succumb to the slowing economy both in Seattle and the rest of the nation. Owner Shannon Galusha signaled that he might be considering a new project or other options; but for now, this New York styled haute cuisine in upper Queen Anne is now closed.
Suppose Darth Vader took a trip to Seattle. After a long hard day of force-choking insolent underlings and tracking down the rebel's hidden base, Vader would undoubtedly be hungry. But this day, being a special day, he's feeling slightly homesick and would like to dine someplace a little reminiscent of his home on the Death Star. After a few minutes of mulling it over, he remembers Veil and the decision is made (no reservations necessary, of course).
Now this isn't because Queen Anne based Veil is evil (after all, we shouldn't forget that it's Vader who kills the emperor in the end) nor because Veil does all their food prep (and cooking?) with a light saber. No, it's because if any Seattle-metro restaurant would be voted most likely to appear on a space station, Veil, known for its progressive sense of space age styling, would be at the top of a very short list.
Oh yeah, and the food is pretty good too.
Finding the place was a little hard at night; the streets were pretty dark and from the outside, Veil is the epitome of low-key. But as we stepped out of the darkness and into Veil, we entered into white, more white, and some extra white on the side.
So Veil is white. And in accordance to the name, thin, semi transparent sheet of fabric (veils if you will), cover the windows obscuring exterior objects into vague, phantom-like figures. The boxy and line driven interior styling suggests an ultra modern, New York chic design influence. Little touches such as freshly cut, colorful flowers and lamps emanating soft yellow and orange glows give the place a gentler touch. And although it's not printed on the menu, people watching, seeing, and being seen are a permanent daily special.
After taking in the striking decor, it was time to get down to business; empty stomachs were making their voices heard. Knowing that Veil has a reputation for first-rate food to accompany their cutting edge styling, we decided to splurge a bit and opted for the three course prix fixe dinners that included a starter, a main dish and a dessert.
In a refreshing change of pace that matches the minimalist surroundings, Veil has opted to buck the trend of so many high-end restaurants by naming their menu items as simply and straightforwardly as possible. Each item didn't come with its own little story nor was the word choice creatively vague (read: pretentious). For example, the starter risotto is succinctly named the Hard Shell Squash Risotto ($12, note item prices are quoted for their individual cost as opposed to being part of a packaged multi-course meal). Risotto aficionados need to add this dish to their list of conquests. The sweet and creamy, delicately layered risotto teamed with the graceful flavors of mascarpone, a triple cream cheese. In the words of our reviewer, it was simply "topnotch".
On the other hand, the Celery Root Soup ($10) was a little too intense with its sharp and bitter flavors. Sage marshmallows, meant to help soften and sweeten the overall taste, helped keep down the bitterness so long as we didn't run out of them (we quickly did). But the Mini Lamb Burgers ($11) were another matter entirely. Three dainty, savory burgers topped with a wedge of pungent feta, Moroccan spice aioli and shallots had an excellent mix of flavors and were a perfect starter.
In ancient Gallic, Veil can be literally translated to "makers of a fantastic duck" (turns out ancient Gallic is an incredibly concise language). Actually, it doesn't... but it would be an amazing coincidence if it did because the Crispy Duck Confit ($28) is some of Seattle's finest. The meat, which was so tender and flavorful, just fell right off the bone and was complimented wonderfully by the mild flavors of the vegetable root hash on the side. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the Black Cod ($26) was a little lackluster. Black Cod is often whimsically called butter fish due to its rich flavor when prepared well, but at Veil the fish, which was a little undercooked and unevenly textured, just didn't live up to expectations. However, the accompanying, uniquely textured spaghetti squash, with its slightly salty and fresh flavors, was more enjoyable.
A warning accompanied by a slowly blinking red light should be placed next to the description of the Lake Trout ($22): not for those with large, scratch that, medium size appetites. Size is the dominant feature of this dish with small being the dominant adjective. Now don't get us wrong- we didn't go to Veil to be gorged out of our minds. But when your meal leaves you hungrier than when you started, a small red flag goes up. The three petite fillets of lake trout were artfully arranged in a manner suggesting volume where there was none. Though tasty, the crispy fillets offered nothing more than a taste. A pleasant mixture of yam cubes, chanterelle mushrooms and smoked bacon rounded out the meal.
As we were all still a little hungry, we opted to try some of the many tempting desserts Veil had to offer. The Salted Peanut Butter Ice Cream, with its oh-so-slightly salted peanut butter taste, seemed like an oxymoron in the works, but was actually a truly satisfying and innovative take on (ahem) "vanilla" ice cream. Dotted with honey-flavored pecans, the Pecan Pie with Ice Cream was pleasant but didn't particularly stand out. And if rich chocolate cake is more your thing, than the Chocolate Fondant Cake covered in thick fudge will suit you well.
Veil is an experience and it's hard to say who will love it and who wont. The styling isn't for everyone and while the physical plates are huge, the actual meals are modest. But if you know what you're getting into, you can come away quite satisfied.
*Note: Though the dining room closes at 10pm, the lounge remains open till 12am on Sunday and Tuesday - Thursday, and until 2am on Friday and Saturday.


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Last Tuesday I was at work about something that was going on because it upset me.and my gmc got upset with me because I asked him about.i walked a way and went on doing what I was doing. He came where I was and started talking to me I told him I was good a few times. Then he told me he didn't have to **** up to me because he was my boss and he can do that he want.i told him he might be my boss but I don't have to **** up to him for my job.so he went to the office and called his boss but I am not sure what he said to her. The next minute I know he came out and asked me to go to the lobby with him and that is when he told me my service was not needed there anymore.but this guy gets mad with his workers and will yell at them in front of customers in the lobby and he will ball up his fest like he wants to hits someone.
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Why Motivation Doesn't Work And What You Should Do About It
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Why motivation doesn't work for you? Are you obsessed with that thinking? If yes then let's learn about Why Motivation Doesn't Work And What You Should Do About It. Almost nothing is permanent in the realm, possibly not motivation. Owing to most men and women think it is hard to adhere to some goal or your dependence. Yes, even they all are feeling stimulated; however, the motivation will not survive, and it disappeared after a moment. What do you require to prepare for any of this? Keep reading on, and get going.
Zig Ziglar, the motivational speech giver, once stated:
People usually say that motivation will not continue. Well, neither does bathing — that is the reason why we recommend it every day.
Please note that motivation can be an emotion. It's an atmosphere you feel motivated to do it. And opinions go and come. You are unable to feel stimulated all the moment. There will be occasions soon when you feel down, uninspired, and wish to only eliminate or do nothing else in the most insignificant.
Don't make it wrong by believing that it is something that you must not encounter. When you are asking yourself why motivation doesn't work on you you can see the lack of motivation we feel in a while and feeling uninspired is just an occurrence inside our lives.
Solutions once I feel the motive to complete matters. It is tough to consider the electricity and will power to compose posts like that particular.
Best 5 Factors Why Motivation Doesn't Work
Top 5 Factors Why Motivation Doesn't Work
1. Motivation is an Emotion that Moves and Stems
2. We Drop Straight in our Safe Place
3. We all get Diverted
4. Feeling Suspicious
5. Hurry to Create Success
Best 4 Methods Which Recreate your Motivation
1. Assemble a Behavior With the Pre Game Regular
2. Make use of the One-Minute Rule
3. The Goldilocks Principle
4. Produce a Pregame and Quantify Your Improvement
The motivation moves with time. When you have to take a closer look at the chart previously, the more you hold out, the more your motivation disappears. And it's entirely a true reason why motivation doesn't work on you. The more you hold out to do it, a lot much more likely that you're going to hesitate and do it.
The law has been initially chased by Jim Rohn, " which says,
The more you hold out around to perform something that you must do today, the larger chances you will never do it.
Don't hesitate patiently. Only do it. The same as the previous proverb that states,
Strike as it is sexy
You'll find a lot of distractions. Of course, suppose you hold out around, and the minute you get rid of your attention. In that case, you are going to reduce your motivation way also. So think about the reason behind why motivation doesn't work on you before everything else.
When persons set their objectives, browse a novel, obtain a new class, or even see a new training regime, they genuinely have been high in spirit. They're driven and motivated to do it. If they're not then we should focus deeper on seeking the answer of why motivation doesn't work after all.
Their motivation is still in the summit, but while time goes, their motivation will possibly disappear. Instead, it begins to shed steam and discover that it's tough to stick to sense caked entirely to do it.
Do you know why motivation doesn't work for you? To most people, motivation is just an emotion that just comes and goes. Nothing is more irreversible. There are going to be extraordinary times, and there'll be terrible days. The motivation should be a boost or should take as a push that moves you to your desired destination.
The answer to the question of why motivation doesn't work has some significant reasons. Anyone could ask us if we started after having a couple of days. Our older behaviors, customs, and beliefs kick, making us desire to remain inside our safe place. If our motivation begins to evaporate, and that's.
Getting diverted by the flow of things is one of the best reasons why motivation doesn't work. Bear in mind the expression, where precisely the motivation goes, light flows? After your functioning diverted you, you ignore your objectives. Also, that is if you reduce your motivation along with your attention.
Always feeling frustrated and suspicious is also a reason why motivation doesn't work. Once you felt doubt, your actions will be defected by your faith. "Imagine if matters do not work out?" "Imagine should I neglect later I've poured into most of the challenging job " All these self-talks will damage your motivation.
Expecting the result too soon is one of the best reasons why motivation doesn't work. When you don't see some achievable outcome, plus As soon as you've placed in every of your time and effort, you will come to feel low and confident indeed. Your motivation begins to babble; this really can be.
Is the success is still never just really a sprint, and also a trip. Due to the hustle, we need positivity to survive throughout bad times and most of the good emerging.
Today that you recognize now is the best time, plus our purpose will not continue.
Why motivation doesn't work for you think? The first thing that we should know about daily motivation is that it is quite ordinary. The people genuinely feel self-indulgent and lack the motivation to accomplish that. However, the secret isn't in if you'll have one-hundred occasions. Approximately it's what it is you're anticipating to be doing about any of this whenever they encounter.
It's about how you opt to reply whenever you feel helpless. Are you going to procrastinate sooner than conduct such a thing concerning any of this? Or are you going to construct a strategy, ensuring should you're feeling not any motivation. You may still do it and do what's needed?
Like rain, then it's unavoidable. There will soon be times if it rains from a surprising, but it doesn't follow you need to enable you to stop from accomplishing everything you would like.
As it rains, it would be great if you used an umbrella to shield yourself. When you reduce your motivation, you can do something to stop yourself from falling into the procrastination snare.
Below are four methods you can create your motivation:
The very optimal method to turn your motivation is always to show the activity. As an instance, should you ever decide on a wish to conduct every time is always to show it? Hence if performing your custom, you can take action mechanically. Does this solve your question of why motivation doesn't work? That is only enjoying how you use your laundry, the direction you consume, the direction, and forth; they're typical customs. You can positively perform them. That you don't require a whole good deal of motivation to eat, so not?
Completely change your actions. You indeed can perform this by developing a regimen. A pattern is an indication or simple—a suggestion to set you. Like being a blogger, publishing and composing content are sections of the own job. There are times once I experience to compose. Sleep or I desire to engage in games.
But I strive to keep my speed by simply writing only a million words daily, and to be able to do a more regular is created by me. Until I sit before the laptop and begin studying while completing and submitting articles, I earn a java cup and revel in it.
It will also be working by me, making the java cup be your sign which tips work.
It is just another instance. In this event, you would like to build up the tendency of doing work outside at the fitness center. You may return to the fitness center. The moment you shifted into your own sports apparel. You focus on transforming up your clothing on the pattern and must devote.
The routine functions like a signal to inform the mind it is time. Exactly you activate your brain; you also need to consume and which you're hungry.
Learn to establish customs; you never need as much energy to concentrate on your activities and construct a reassuring pattern. Here's the thing you want todo — produce a program to fool you. It can help you to solve why motivation doesn't work for you.
It should be the reason folks set their eyesight plank most of the time. They are feeling stimulated; they watch their fantasy car. They have been motivated they visit their fantasy vacation.
The eyesight planks function like a signal. The eyesight planks are. Once I have left the java, irrespective of I'm moving, and it is a lot. I encounter my notebook, could sit my seat, and begin creating.
The One-Minute Rule can be a great solution to why motivation doesn't work for people. Many folks call this rule, plus a few folks get it that the 1-moment Rulethey utilize precisely the direction. The secret will be to concentrate on carrying out the job you won't ever possess the immunity.
By way of instance, if you still really consider visiting the gymnasium, for those who think the procedure wherever you should acquire the modification. You can then package your extra apparel, travel thirty minutes to make it into the fitness center. Then you work out to get one hour, receive sweat, shower, and return. The whole course of action will eliminate your motivation because it feels like many will work to achieve.
The thing you have to complete is uncomplicated; it revolves around undertaking the benefit of one moment. In a moment, so what do you perform Inside this instance? Take shift.
And it's straightforward to do and straight. That you don't require a whole good deal of motivation to find shift? Therefore, get a chance.
And as soon as your apparel changes, you're in movement. You'll have assembled the effort to do the action, and that's driving into the fitness center and then to package.
Do you know why motivation doesn't work on people? This is simply concerning what the origin is. You can do one task that might be finished within five to 22, Slimming down the process.
This theory works about accomplishing the endeavor as you concentrate the head, and you're putting yourself.
The Goldilocks Principle can be an excellent solution to why motivation doesn't work for people. I came across that principle. The principle says that you should produce the duty not easy and not tough to keep your interest whenever you want to continue keeping your interest.
Every people have a unique problem of Why motivation doesn't work for them. If something is hard to do, you'll discover that it's challenging to believe that your immunity will require to be quite elevated and motivated. So if something is simple to accomplish, as it's merely too simple, you won't ever want to do it.
TAKE sports. Having fun with beginners may scale since they cannot even return your function if you're a tennis player. Your feeling in their expertise is all one level on you. It possibly somewhat a lot much thoroughly compared to you personally that the surface after you perform tennis people.
About the flip side, if you're currently playing from different people whose abilities are superior and much more significant. Your personality will not be excited by the game. Also, you may consider it's too complicated.
Observe the Goldilocks Rule, create the duty conceivably not tricky, and not simple. Create the duty fine, and that is the location where you should possess the passion for getting this done.
The same holds for objective setting techniques for knowing why motivation doesn't work. In the event, you decide on an objective that's far from one's capability to reach. You would never like to accomplish such a thing since you realize it reasonably well. The aim isn't possible to achieve at your grade and may self-sabotage.
If the target you settle is much too simple, you can reach it much work and ask yourself, "Is that all there was?"
Hence, ensure it is"only fine." Possibly not, though, and maybe not simple. You may discover life. While this occurs, and also, your motivation will indeed soon expected to be higher. Let's move to another solution to why motivation doesn't work.
Quantifying your own improvement and producing a pregame could be a great strategy to find out why motivation doesn't work. One other critical to continue to keep your motivation would always be to quantify your advancement. You cannot tell without quantifying the exact outcomes that you are 16 if you're making advancement.
Allow me to be fair; most individuals today neglect their intentions since they don't currently measure their advancement. Why motivation doesn't work for them is the reason. They establish their aims. They did so at this year's very early, then guess what, they reevaluate or not examine their dreams during the calendar year. And that would be your reason to maintain behaving in their targets, keep inspired, and also folks today don't locate the attention they desire.
It's going to reasonably soon likely surely be from mind Whenever your objective has gone outside one's sight. Your activity will distract you the moment you get rid of your attention, and it will be. So if this comes to pass, your motivation will likely disappear off.
You are not currently doing any such thing, and also, you may forget about these and give them up. Sounds comfortable?
The remedy to the would-be always to develop a scoreboard.
There unquestionably are a handful of explanations why the score is so very equally essential. Also, a few are always to keep up your enthusiasm.
Consider this, you're possibly not keeping score, and as soon as you're playing with a basketball, you feel you and friends and family will play? As there isn't any dent, there's no rivalry. Scores did not matter. It eliminates the motivation.
Once the scorekeeping starts, On the other hand, the air will likely soon be separated. Due to the fact, each time things Folks today begin to engaging. It's all about profitable. And every team and everyone would like to acquire.
Had you liked to acquire life as well? Generate a scoreboard. You create an alteration that may quantify your improvement and also maintain your enthusiasm. I hope that can get you rid of the thought of why motivation doesn't work.
Psychotherapy does not survive; also, this is. Therefore you genuinely feel as not any motive to do it or behave in your aims; it's ordinary. However, it's reasonably not you feel which could motivate the outcome. What do you think of why motivation doesn't work? it's what you are doing. You genuinely feel motivated. The best way to respond would be.
Inspiration or motivation can be an emotion. And that then we cannot be motivated by our feelings even to turn into powerful or to do matters.
We need customs along with strategies. Whenever you own something, you reduce yourself by slipping into the"no inspiration" snare. When you create traditions of carrying actions, you do not require that motivation to do the job.
Consequently, utilize the four ways pointed out before to build up your system and custom of succeeding.
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AMAZING STORIES: ANTHOLOGY ONE
Exciting collection of pristine television music
BRUCE BROUGHTON
DAVID SHIRE
STEVE BARTEK
LENNIE NIEHAUS
DOUGLASS FAKE
SPECIAL COLLECTION VOLUME 32
Album cover copyright (c) 2006 Universal Studios; review copyright (c) 2006 James Southall
The well-liked television anthology format was reinvigorated in 1985 by Steven Spielberg with his Amazing Stories show, an ambitious and expensive project that ultimately didn't find enough of an audience or indeed enough critical praise; still, many people look back on it fondly, and if nothing else, it produced the most amazing array of film music talent ever assembled for a television series. Even the original Twilight Zone series (with Herrmann, Goldsmith et al) seems to pale in comparison with the roster of composers employed on Amazing Stories. Twenty years old, and in the hands of one of the most uncooperative studios when it comes to releasing catalogue music, Universal, there seemed to be no hope that the music would ever see the light of day on disc (apart from a re-recording issued by Varese Sarabande a few years ago of two episode scores, one by John Williams and the other by Georges Delerue) but, by some miracle, Intrada has managed to do it, with this release being the first of three double-CD sets which will offer the series' most notable scores. Being part of their Special Collection, the albums are available only from Intrada's website.
Volume One presents music by John Williams, James Horner, Bruce Broughton, Georges Delerue, Billy Goldenberg, David Shire, Danny Elfman, Steve Barket and Lennie Niehaus - not a bad list! Needless to say, it begins with the title theme by Williams, a strikingly pleasant piece, though it doesn't quite stay in the memory like some pieces by the composer. The first score presented is, naturally enough, the one which accompanied the first episode, the Spielberg-directed and Williams-scored Ghost Train. It's a fairly monothematic 15 minutes of music, but utterly enchanting - the theme (curiously similar to "Anakin's Theme" which would emerge many years later in the first Star Wars prequel) is a really lovely one, and the music remains pleasant and charming throughout, save for a brief (and unfortunate) electronic diversion half way through.
James Horner hasn't written much for television; his Alamo Jobe is a great score. Back in those days, Horner was still writing invigorating, brass-laden music, and this is very much in the vein of Krull or Battle Beyond the Stars (even to the extent of being based on someone else's music - appropriately enough, Tiomkin's theme from The Alamo). It's a miniature (10-minute) gem anchored around harmonica and guitar.
Bruce Broughton was responsible for four episodes' music, more than any other composer, and Intrada's favourite is on discs one and two here. His first contribution is Gather Ye Acorns, for a rather odd story involving a troll and Mark Hamill; it's the longest selection on the whole set, with just under twenty minutes of music. The harmonica is again present; the music is unmistakably Broughton. The orchestra may be smaller than on his famous film scores, but the magic is just as big. A couple of diversions into source music (particularly the "Gas Station Source" country music) are a little distracting, but it's still a great score. Then we move from one composer with an unmistakable style (Broughton) to another - the great Georges Delerue. The Doll is just everything you expect a Delerue score to be - unbelievably, soaringly beautiful, full of lilting melodic charm. The French genius's contribution here may be brief (just ten minutes) - but, as I frequently point out to my many female companions, size isn't everything.
Before he met John Williams, Steven Spielberg's composer-of-choice (on his early television efforts) was Billy Goldenberg, and the director turned to Goldenberg again during Amazing Stories, here with The Amazing Falsworth. Goldenberg might be the least glamorous of the composers represented on this set, but it wouldn't be much of a stretch to say that his contribution is actually the most impressive: a dissonant, powerful work for orchestra for an episode deemed so disturbing it had to be given a later-than-usual time slot.
The second episode opens with David Shire's Moving Day, the most synth-heavy music on the set. It is not without its charm (Shire is a consistently-interesting composer; and some of the melodic material in the middle is very pleasant) but does feel a little flat compared with the orchestral efforts it is sandwiched between - not only does it suffer from coming after Goldenberg's excellent score, it precedes the second Delerue one, Without Diana, which actually opens with a bit of jazzy source music in "Park (1946)" which has more in common with the composer's earlier French scores than his later American ones, but it soon goes into the kind of haunting music for which Delerue's later works are so beloved; he was so good at scoring "lost love" (of all kinds), and this is a fine example of his talents. The episode's main theme is simply heartbreakingly beautiful.
Danny Elfman, now one of the world's most famous and most popular film composers, was at the very start of his career in film when Amazing Stories came about in 1985, but he contriubuted music to the comic horror episode Mummy, Daddy along with his Oingo Boingo pal Steve Bartek (who went on to orchestrate most of Elfman's film scores). It's a work very much along the lines of Elfman's earliest film music, particularly Pee Wee's Big Adventure, with just a hint of Bernard Herrmann thrown in as usual. It's weird and wacky, but entertaining and will delight Elfman fans.
Clint Eastwood directed the Spielberg-written Vanessa in the Garden and he turned to his usual composer Lennie Niehaus for the music. Niehaus has typically written extremely low-key music for Eastwood's films, so it's a surprise here to find him writing an orchestral work incorporating a theme from Wagner's "Tannhauser". Indeed, as a whole the 13-minute score is more Wagner than Niehaus, but is dramatic and exciting and most enjoyable. The first anthology then comes to its conclusion with Broughton's Welcome to my Nightmare, a somewhat creepy effort, not as immediately striking as the other Broughton work on the disc, but still a good listen, with some fine horror music.
This is a fine album, well-produced by Douglass Fake, which features some excellent music, and notes from the incomparable Jon Burlingame. The downside of most tv music is that cues will be very short (as indeed will the full scores), and that is certainly the case here, so some of it does feel slightly bitty, but that is a minor complaint really about an album which must have been a monumental undertaking. Roll on the second volume!
Main Title (John Williams) (1:02)
Ghost Train (John Williams)
Ohpa's Arrival (:30)
Greeting Ohpa (1:17)
Ohpa's Tales (3:44)
Ohpa Remembers (2:25)
The Ticket (3:05)
The Train Arrives (4:17)
Alamo Jobe (James Horner)
The Battle / Jobe Runs (3:01)
Travis Dies (:51)
First Chase (3:43)
Antique Shop (2:16)
Gather Ye Acorns (Bruce Broughton)
The Boy / The Gnome (4:34)
1938 Radio Source (1:42)
Jonathan's Room / The Car (:48)
Nothin' But a Bum / 1955 / Tumbleweed Connection (2:50)
Regrets (1:27)
1985 (:51)
Gas Station Source (2:58)
Holy Mol! / Sow Ye Wild Oats (3:06)
The Doll (Georges Delerue)
Doll Shop Sign (1:08)
Toy Carousel / Doll On Floor / Well, Miss... (3:12)
A School Teacher (:46)
An Occasional Model (:36)
She's Not Married / An OS Clunk / Door Opens (1:54)
John Walks to Mantle (2:17)
The Amazing Falsworth (Billy Goldenberg)
Falsworth / Strangling / Retrospect (3:30)
Leering / Frighty-Feet (:30)
Top Floor / Lights (:53)
All in the Fingers / Lunge (3:07)
Falsworth (:36)
Bumper #1 (John Williams) (:04)
Moving Day (David Shire)
Alan's Dream (1:20)
It's Not the Same / Discovering the Room (1:37)
My God! (2:40)
Tonight / That's Alturis (2:30)
Your Ring (2:14)
Departure (2:01)
Finale (:57)
Without Diana(Georges Delerue)
Park (1946) (1:44)
Only Eight / Forest Walk (2:30)
Sorry Policeman / Not by George Alone (2:33)
George in Doorway (2:20)
George Will Be (3:22)
Mummy, Daddy (Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek)
Mummy Movie / Baby Chase / Gas Station (3:21)
Country Source (:26)
Gun Shot / Stinger / Swamp / Old Man / Real Mummy (3:35)
Kung-Fu Mummy (1:00)
Motorcycle / Caught (1:23)
Lynching / Horse Ride (1:25)
Corridors / Caught Again (:27)
Baby / Finale (1:30)
Vanessa in the Garden (Lennie Niehaus)
It's Lovely / Whoa, Rock, Whoa / I Hurt Vanessa (1:47)
Beautiful Portrait / Humming from the Garden (4:09)
Vanessa's Laughter / A Summer's Day / Do It Together / Create a Life (4:07)
Vanessa (3:19)
Welcome to My Nightmare (Bruce Broughton)
Harry Wakes Up (2:00)
Harry Takes a Shower / Horror Movie / Kate (1:57)
Fraternity of the Undead / Bad Milk (1:41)
Harry and Kate (:39)
Harry's Prayer / The Comet Theatre / Harry at the Movies (7:24)
Back Home (2:13)
End Credits (John Williams) (:30)
Amblin Logo (John Williams) (:15)


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Posted on 24 August 2015 by Erik Hare
For an election that's more than a year out, this one sure is making a lot of noise. And, like most noise in an election, it's about 90% (cowpuckey). But if you listen closely, there may be something very big happening just beneath the surface. It's not very loud yet, but it may reverberate into some beautiful music.
The sound that you may not hear is the progressive left getting its act together.
With the fans of Sen Sanders going after Sec Clinton – and getting a little bit in return – it's hard to see how this band is going to come together. But after Clinton's confrontation with Black Lives Matter (BLM) something wonderful has happened – people seem to be listening. If we all start doing more listening and a little less "speaking up", as the left is wont to do, this may yet come together.
Here's a guy we let twist in the wind. Secretary John Kerry, the man that was trounced by GW Bush. Yes, that Bush.
The inability of the progressive left to get a strong movement together has been a long term frustration of mine. I have long joked that the US has shown that we consistently elect Democrats who can reliably add two plus two to get four – and notice that we only win about half of the time. That's not entirely fair because many of our best candidates have been slaughtered by our own ranks or slowly left to twist in the cold wind by our inability to define and defend what we stand for in unity.
We always have to whip out the quote from Will Rogers about now – "I belong to no organized political party, I'm a Democrat." And he said that in 1926.
I believe very strongly that years of losing our grip on Congress and frustration at the polls has been largely our own making. But that may be finally coming to an end.
A still from the meeting of Clinton and BLM. Yes, she does look uncomfortable.
What has changed? Hillary Clinton agreed to meet with representatives of Black Lives matter in private last 11 August during a campaign stop in Keene, New Hampshire. The event was videotaped and made public for everyone to see. In it, the protesters confront Clinton in a rather pointed way and Clinton merely tutters back, "Mmmm Hmmm" in a rather dismissive way. But then she speaks completely from her heart and gives them some stern advice:
… look, I don't believe you change hearts. I believe you change laws, you change allocation of resources, you change the way systems operate. You're not going to change every heart. You're not. But at the end of the day, we can do a whole lot to change some hearts and change some systems and create more opportunities for people who deserve to have them to live up to their own God-given potential, to live safely without fear of violence in their own communities, to have a decent school, to have a decent house, to have a decent future.
Daunasia Yancey and Julius Jones of BLM don't seem to like being lectured to, but the rest of the exchange was equally open and respectful. This wasn't a confrontation between adversaries, this was the old guard who had been there and won a lot of battles giving advice to the new guard who had many more battles to come. It didn't go down like that right away but the level of respect, at least at the end, was evident.
Both sides had good reason to respect each other and actually listen. That happened.
Sec. Clinton right before her speech at NYU.
It might have ended there until the video was released to an incredibly solid outpouring of support for Clinton. The bottom line was that she spoke from her heart and showed what her many years of experience brings to the table. It's not Clinton the sellout, it's Clinton the pragmatic doer, the one who has the chops to be an agent for real change. It took a while to sink in but eventually the focus came back where it needed to be when BLM did something remarkable.
Enter "Campaign Zero", a platform for real social change based on positive measures that will reign in police brutality.
I don't expect everyone to agree with every point of this platform, though I do. What's important here is that there is a solid course of action that politicians can be held accountable to. They have an agenda to unite behind and demand not just awareness but genuine power to make positive change.
A good politician might well add that we need to hold our police to the highest of all professional standards and in return give them the resources they need to do their job – including appropriate pay. We should add in that police should not be the ones doing the job of social workers in struggling communities and that they should not be the only line of defense working for social stability.
But this platform? It's solid, specific, and will bring about change. This got real. Does everyone see what can happen when progressives listen to each other?
I'm not stupid enough to think that all progressives will suddenly stop and actually listen. As much as Sen Sanders makes a point of never attacking Sec Clinton, his supporters are often full of vitriol and hatred for an experienced politician they see as a sellout. Clinton supporters fire back sometimes, too, and that's not productive at all.
Feel the Bern? That flame has to last if he's gonna do it.
Progressives, everywhere – supporters of Sanders and Clinton both – just listen. Listen to your own candidates! Listen to what they say about the movement! They aren't trashing each other for good reasons. Listen!
There are deeper problems within the movement than this, of course. BLM is planning a march and rally outside the Minnesota State Fair in order to raise awareness. Many people are upset by this, claiming it will only hurt the movement to disrupt such a huge event.
The debate spilled over into what should have been safe territory for the movement, the State Central Committee of the DFL (Democratic Farmer-Labor Party). Anishinaabe activist Ashley Fairbanks posted an open letter on her facebook page that such respect was hard to find. Democrats, once again, were fearful of looking bad and disruptive more than actually accomplishing social change. In her letter, Fairbanks called the thread of responses a "hostile and triggering environment". "The way that Black Lives Matter, as a movement has been spoken about is vile," she continued. "Many of you should take some time and reflect on your white privilege."
If you feel uncomfortable, we are doing our job. Take a moment and grow in that discomfort, and know that it is not even close to 1% of the discomfort you would feel if you had to be a black man in America, or to be a mother of an unarmed Native man killed by the police.
Democrats, we need to listen to voices like this. I'm not sure that a protest at the Fair is a good idea, either, but we have to acknowledge how dire the situation is. We have no business calling ourselves a political party or a movement of any kind if we can't take legitimate concern and even rage and be the agents that help turn it into positive political change.
Left or Right? That's not the important question.
Sometimes, that means that we have to let those who are legitimately enraged organize and make their statement. And those of us who want to help have to respectfully accept that and help it move forward. If we can't be respectful and we can't help move things forward then we better just get out of the way.
Where does it all start? Listening to each other with respect. We are currently blessed with leaders in the Democratic Party that are doing just that and being incredibly respectful to each other. There are also leaders in BLM who are doing it with great courage and style, and they need to be applauded as well.
More to the point, their example needs to be followed.
It's hard to listen carefully when the volume is cranked up so loud, for sure. But here we are, one year out, organizing ourselves to win a critical election that has a good chance at defining whether or not the great waves of social and economic change washing over us are mastered or become our masters. This is a good time to start learning the skills that are necessary to actually win – not just power, but a legitimate and critical right to power for good.
We have to ignore the noise and listen to even the smallest voices. With enough respect and determination we can do it. We have leaders who are showing us the way. Let's start by listening to them if we can do nothing else.
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24 thoughts on "For What It's Worth"
Alan Muller says:
24 August 2015 at 0:53	 | Reply
Thank you very much for that link to Ashley Fairbanks' post. I have been pretty much in despair over the MN DFL.
It's fair to point out that Clinton is a very experienced pol. But so, even more so, is Sanders, and perhaps I sense a certain bias in your not pointing this out (?). Overall, I agree with you here–stuff is happening and there is potential.
I let my bias show here, again, but in the past I've expressed my admiration for Sanders' fans. He is an experienced politician and he is a good guy, no doubt. We have good leaders and we need to let this play out, IMHO.
Democrats, getting it together? Mr Sunshine has gone off the deep end! 🙂
Sure, have a laugh at my expense. A year from now let's see who is laughing! 🙂
24 August 2015 at 14:52	 | Reply
If democrats ever get their act together they would be a force to be reckoned with. The republicans are a bunch of crybabies whining about their privilige going away. The working people have been taking a hit for far too long. I see why Bernie is catching on but I still think Hillary is the one that will lead us out of this mess.
To everything there is a season … ours may indeed be coming.
Time will tell. Good call on the stock market BTW.
Thanks. We'll see how far the stock market goes down – and how Democrats can get their act together.
Joe Biden is liked my certain centrist elements in the Republican party, so hopefully the Dems will take that into account.
I think that Clinton can look like the centrist leader we need, but it's largely up to her. The propaganda against her is stunning, but I think she can do it.
alanmuller says:
Take that into account how? I'm from Delaware, I know Biden, and frankly would not give him the time of day. I can see him as an alternative to Clinton as a Wall Street Dem., maybe.
I'm not really impressed by Biden, either. Clinton's "sellout" doesn't bother me as much because she is a proven leader with real skills. Biden doesn't impress me as much.
Hopefully we will hear from Janet Yellen tomorrow.
OK, I will tell my favorite Biden story: I was in his office with some people, asking him to vote against the Invasion of Iraq. (I think that was it. Or it could have been some other atrocity of the Bush administration. He pretty much voted for them all, including Iraq.) At some point Biden looked at me and said "you're not that fucking important." Now, one of Biden's better qualities is the short loop between his thoughts and his mouth. One usually knows what he's thinking. (Maybe he's learned to curb his tongue as Veep?) And that's Biden–slightly less arrogant than the Old Testament God and not considering his constituents that fucking important.
You have every right to never forgive him for that as far as I'm concerned. That's just far beyond the pale.
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US tech giants to expand operations in HCM City
Update: July, 15/2015 - 09:00
The US-based company Jabil will expand its operation in the city's High-tech Park with an infusion of US$500 million. — Photo sggp
HCM CITY (VNS) — The HCM City People's Committee has given approval to US-based company Jabil to expand its operation in the city's High-tech Park with an infusion of US$500 million.
The approval was given during the ongoing visit to the US of Politburo member and city Party Committee Secretary Le Thanh Hai.
"With the current successes of Jabil Viet Nam, we plan to [set up] a 93,000sq.m plant to produce computers, database, network and applied telecommunications," Alessandro Parimbelli, Jabil's senior vice president, global business unit, was quoted as saying by the Government website.
Jabil will also focus on technology and training for local human resources, using modern machinery, providing overseas training for staff, using local components in production and developing local supply chains.
"HCM City authorities will continue to create the most favourable conditions and provide every support to Jabil," Hai promised.
The company's fresh investment showed its belief in the city's business environment and contributed to the growth of the city.
Jabil, the world's third largest electronics corporation, has been operating at the High Tech Park since 2007. Its turnover in Viet Nam expanded by 50 per cent for five straight years and its aggregate exports since coming here have topped $1.3 billion.
Its plant hires 2,600 workers.
On the same day the city People's Committee signed a memorandum of understanding with chipmaker Intel for training human resources in high technology and development co-operation.
Intel was one of the first international corporations to come to Viet Nam and it has made large, long-term investments in the country.
Brian Matthew Krzanich, chief executive officer of Intel, received the city delegation.
He called on the city's leaders to help Intel train human resources in high technology, develop supporting industries to increase the rate of its use of local components in its products, and allow Intel to import secondhand equipment into the city.
City Party Committee Secretary Le Thanh Hai promised that "city leaders will soon meet with Intel to find long-term solutions for such problems." — VNS


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import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestHeader;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
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President Farmaajo to sum up his pitch for support against Al-Shabaab in Djibouti
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President Mohamed Farmaajo (L) hold talks with his host Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn Monday. The President is seeking enhanced support from Troops Contributing Countries to bolster his war against Al-Shabaab. Photo: Villa Somalia
President Mohamed Farmaajo will conclude his visit to three of the five troops contributing countries today prosecuting his case for support against Al-Shabaab in Djibouti before jetting back home where he is expected to hold a National Security Council meeting Saturday.
The President's shuttle diplomacy which started in Uganda Sunday and later Ethiopia Monday saw the president seek the support of leaders of the two countries for enhanced mobilization of resources ahead of the expected major offensive against Al-Shabaab following the deadly October 14 terror attack in Mogadishu.
The President has declared is he taking the war to Al-Shabaab which he blamed for the truck bombing which claimed over 350 lives and injured more than 300 others. The group has gone mute despite claiming credit for several other past attack.
"I am here to seek the solidarity of our brothers here in Ethiopia, and now I will go to Djibouti to do the same thing and to unite in this war against Al-Shabaab which is real threat to the peace and stability of the region," the President told the media in Addis Ababa.
Farmaajo said a united front by regional countries could deliver victory against Al-Shabaab without which 'this kind of atrocity will continue to destroy humanity'.
"We agreed that we will continue to work hard and to bring our resources to fight against these terrorists," said Farmaajo after meeting his Ethiopian host Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.
President Farmaaajo told Somali forces Saturday before departing to Uganda that he was ready to join them in the battle field against Al-Shabaab. "I am ready to join you in the frontlines and endanger my life," the president said, adding, "The Somali public is ready today to defend their national sovereignty through their lives and properties."
Uganda contributes the highest number (6,223) of troops to Somalia under the Amisom banner and was the first country to deploy its troops to Somalia in 2007. It deploys in sector 1 which comprises of Banaadir, Middle and Lower Shabelle regions. It also contributes police forces.
Djibouti joined Amisom in 2011 and deploys 960 troops based in sector 4 which covers Hiiraan region in central Somalia while Ethiopia was the last to join Amisom in 2014 with 4,395 troops.
Mogadishu truck bomb flattened properties worth more than $6.3 million
Three new leaders in four regional university rankings


Anthem is a mess - so what would keep us playing?
We discuss BioWare's latest on the Eurogamer Podcast.
If you've played the demo or early access, it was clear Anthem - BioWare's new games-as-a-service loot shooter - would be a fascinating if flawed game, and unfortunately the full game only emphasises what a mess it is in places.
Guides editor Matthew Reynolds, news editor Tom Phillips and guides writer Chris Tapsell join Eurogamer's editor Oli Welsh (who wrote our Anthem review) to discuss the game's many foibles, but also what works and the things that could pull us back in again - all while we try to keep our food metaphors and Destiny comparisons to a minimum.
If you're after more Anthem coverage, you can read more Tom's Searching for BioWare in Fort Tarsis piece as mentioned in the podcast, Digital Foundry's analysis of Anthem's performance in the final game, and our Anthem walkthrough mission list from Chris.
You may have noticed this week's episode is just one week after our recent Apex Legends podcast, and it's because we wanted to discuss Anthem sooner than later. We'll now be back on our regular fortnightly schedule, so expect the next episode in a couple of weeks.
If you've missed out on recent Eurogamer Podcast episodes, we offered a 2019 predictions and preview of the year ahead, how we chose 2018's game of the year, as well as episodes on Resident Evil 2 and an interview with the author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.


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HELEN Ong: "You're doing something good, but you hear nasty things about your work. That's why I'm coming out." NELSON MATAWARAN
By: Marge C. Enriquez Philippine Daily Inquirer / 09:00 AM September 21, 2014
Honorary Consul for Angola Helen Ong disdains artifice and prefers to devote her time and resources to artists and the less privileged.
As events chair of the Philippine Cancer Society (PCS), she has been organizing the annual Best Dressed Women of the Philippines (BDWP) Awards Ball, the main fundraiser of the PCS. Now on its 11th season, the event will be held Sept. 26 at the Rizal Ballroom of Makati Shangri-La.
The BDWP was established in 2004 to augment the PCS' diminishing list of donors and declining resources.
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A group of designers and prominent personalities gives recommendations to the annual list. The women are chosen not only for their sense of style but also for their career achievements and community service.
"When somebody is rejected, there are no questions asked. That way, there will be no rumors that a candidate was criticized. In fact, the awardees don't even know that they were nominated," says Ong.
On its debut year, the PCS honored society grand dames Cojuangco and Consuelo Madrigal Collantes as style icons.
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Yet, despite the committee's earnest efforts to raise funds for cancer awareness and patient services, the rumor mill hasn't spared the BDWP credibility.
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Even the selection and organizing committee members must pay for their dinner plates, which cost from P7,000 to P10,000. That's not even counting their annual voluntary contribution to the PCS.
The only perk is a plaque of appreciation. Most awardees derive psychic income, knowing that their money will be spent to save lives of cancer patients.
PCS board of trustees chair Roberto Paterno points out that the bulk of revenues from the awards ball still comes from sponsors. Then there are generous donors such as Mrs. Cojuangco who allots P1.2 million every year; and businessmen dubbed the Extraordinary Men of Influence, who support the cause.
Vibal Printing provides the free printing of the souvenir program which is thick with glamour photographs of the awardees and advertisements from the donors.
Last year, the BDWP dinner raised a record net income of P6 million, says Paterno.
During this interview, Ong gets a call from the office of Manuel Villar Jr. saying that the businessman-politician is donating P100,000.
Dr. Rachael Rosario, PCS executive director, underscores transparency in managing the resources of the BDWP. The PCS has to get a permit for the event from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
"There is a special audit for the funding. The DSWD asks how much we intend to use. All the expenses are broken down. Every centavo should go where it's supposed to go. If there is a remaining balance, they question that. Most of the funds go to the cancer patient support," she says.
"I believe in this cause," says Ong whose surgeon-husband, Luciano, died of thyroid cancer.
What drove Ong to charity is an oft-repeated story.
In 1986, she suffered from cerebral aneurysm, a disorder in which a weak spot in the cerebral artery caused the swelling of blood vessels that paralyzed half of her body.
"The aneurysm was on the left brain and I couldn't move my right side. I had to be assisted by my husband and daughter in going to church," she recalls.
After regular treatment at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in the US, Ong was healed in two years. She attributes this not so much to science as to the power of prayer.
"Miraculously, the bleeding closed. I asked, 'Why me?' Priests advised me that there was something I needed to do," says Ong.
Her first project was to help out in the pastoral council of Santuario de San Antonio in Forbes Park, Makati City. She even joined the choir.
She has been leading the Francis Fest, the church's annual October fundraiser. Proceeds go to the maintenance of the church and to parish charities.
Last month, she led the fundraising for the restoration of Fernando Amorsolo's "Stigmatization of St. Francis" and "Sermon to the Birds" at Santuario de San Antonio. The paintings were worth P24 million each and the restoration cost P2 million.
"There was a Chinese who gave P1 million. This is not tax deductible," she says. Ong herself raised P3 million and has even rejected potential donors.
She also shared her resources to help build chapels. At the Department of Foreign Affairs, then Secretary Teofisto Guingona requested her assistance for its own chapel. Ong paid for the electrical circuit and air-conditioning systems.
She also installed the carpet and expanded the chapel at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Ong recounts an experience in the '90s when she was asked to model for a benefit show at the CCP. When she went to fit her dress at the Ballet Philippines storage room, she was appalled by the decrepit state of the costumes.
She then set up Friends of Ballet Philippines, which has since been raising funds for the dancers' pointe shoes.
The Philippine Ballet Theater approached her to help in its community development outreach program in public schools. Ong established the Sayaw Foundation which provides ballet scholarships to the poor and pays teachers.
Mandaluyong Mayor Benhur Abalos provided a classroom for ballet classes for public school children and donates P200,000 yearly to the foundation. Sen. Cynthia Villar also provided space in a public school in her hometown, Las Piñas, and is also a benefactor. Sayaw Foundation supports 200 dance scholars. One of its products, Lobi Pimentel, is a soloist in PBT. "Many mayors request but not everybody supports the arts," says Ong.
Selfless service
As if supporting dancers weren't enough, she also heads the Society for Cultural Enrichment Inc. which organizes art appreciation programs for public school teachers.
Her diplomatic career is also an avocation. Then Ambassador to Austria Victor Garcia nominated Ong as honorary consul for Angola. She doesn't get a salary and she pays for the rent of the office at Tower One.
The job entails helping skilled Filipino workers such as engineers, architects and contractors get work visas for Angola's construction projects, oil fields and diamond mines.
Outside of her advocacies, Ong attends to her businesses—jewelry manufacturing and her Glorietta store called Czarina, and the Czarina Foreign Exchange and Remittance, which she established in the '70s.
For a woman of a certain age, she is sprightly. Her social calendar is filled with embassy functions and cause-oriented socials.
Asked why donors are attracted to her endeavors, Ong replies, "I don't hold their money. In the case of the Philippine Cancer Society, the checks are payable to the Society."
And the reward for her selfless service? "Luck," she says. "Things look up for me."
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Jardim Fonte Nova é um bairro localizado no município de Goiânia, capital de Goiás, na região noroeste da cidade.

O loteamento original do Fonte Nova, assim como vários outros bairros de sua região, era considerado irregular. O principal destaque do bairro é o Parque Municipal Fonte Nova, uma das principais áreas verdes da região noroeste de Goiânia, como parte da construção de vários espaços do gênero durante a década de 1990 em Goiânia.

Segundo dados do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), divulgados pela prefeitura, no Censo 2010 a população do Jardim Fonte Nova era de 1 191 pessoas.

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Amber Decker, EdD
Senior Manager, Strategy and Grant Development
Areas of Expertise: grant writing and management, project management, fundraising
"Education is an equalizer; I want to help affect educational transformation on a national level."
As the Senior Manager of Strategy and Grant Development, Amber Decker, EdD, focuses on three aspects of grant development: cultivation, engagement and stewardship; research and planning; and strategic thinking. She is involved in building relationships with key external stakeholders, researching new grant opportunities from public and private sources, and strategically collaborating with internal staff to help execute the organization's strategic plan. In short, Decker secures the resources necessary for KnowledgeWorks to further its work.
Prior to joining KnowledgeWorks, Amber served as the vice president of development and strategic partnerships at Gateway Community and Technical College, where she was also the executive director of the Gateway Foundation. In those roles, she led a capital campaign and developed strategic partnerships within that community. Previously, she served as the director of adult education at Gateway Community and Technical College.
Amber earned her Bachelor's degree from Northern Kentucky University in Journalism, a Master's in journalism from the University of Louisville and received her doctorate in education at the University of Kentucky, focusing in higher education with an emphasis on community and technical college leadership.
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Mumbai: Supreme Court lawyer Vineet Dhanda, who was defending Heera Gold Managing Director Nowhera Shaikh, withdrew in the middle of the case after differences emerged between the two over payment to investors and depositors.
Nowhera Shaikh is in police net since October 15, 2018 when she was first arrested in New Delhi. From New Delhi she was brough to Hyderabad and since then she is being arrested into custody by police of various states.
Nowhera Shaikh heads a number of firms and promising heavy returns she was able to collect a huge amount of money in the form of deposits and investment. She was arrested following the complaints by some investors who accused her of cheating and duping.
"I can no longer see the sufferings of investors. I am withdrawing from the case on ethical and moral grounds", Vineet Dhanda said while talking to media.
He said Nowhera Shaikh had assured to release 200 crore rupees to investors but backtracked after other lawyers advised her not to do so.
"Nowhera Shaikh had promised to release 200 crore rupees to investors. Accordingly, we had also filed affidavits in the Supreme Court. But, on the advice of Advocate Irfan and Advocate Tamanna, Nowhera Shaikh refused to release the payment", Dhanda said.
"SC judges are asking us to release the payments. I had made assurances in the court. But, after Nowhera Shaikh declined to abide by the assurances I had given to the court, it became difficult for me to continue as her lawyer", Dhanda said.
Advocate Irfan and Advocate Tamanna could not be contacted for their response.
Vineet Dhanda also said that the whole family of Nowhera Shaikh has gone underground and there is no one to talk with.
"Where is Ismael Shaikh, Nowhera Shaikh's brother? He used to be one of the signees on the cheques. Where are other members of her family? There is no one with whom we can discuss the case", he said.
Meanwhile, Nohwera Shaikh continues to be under police and judicial custodies in various cities. Last week she was produced in a court in Aurangabad. During the hearing, her lawyers requested the court to defreeze the accounts of Heera Gold and other firms. They also asked the court to allow her to sell her properties if required to return the investors' money.


Those who visit The Inspiration Edit regular will know that my daughter and I love to do photo shoots for our Sylva's Style category. This week we are sharing our latest shoot. It's a special Cinderella themed photo shoot which we did at Disneyland Paris next to the Princess Castle.
I had so much fun doing this photo shoot with Sylvia and it was a really special experience.
We purchased Sylvia's dress from Asda before going on holiday. We paid £14.99 for the dress. I think the Cinderella Dress is gorgeous and to be honest it looked just as good if not better than the one in the princess store.
Sylvia wanted to look the whole part so we visited the princess shop in Fantasy Land to find some accessories to go with her dress.
We found a lovely Pumpkin shaped handbag and a pair of cinderella gloves which were perfect for this ocassion.
The Pumpkin bag is just adorable and has lovely blue sequins and is perfect for any Cinderella.
We went into the Cinderella Court yard and found the most amazing well. It had cinderella's friends, the birds and mice around the well.
This set a perfect scene for some lovely photos and it was Sylvia's suggestion to sit on the well for her pictures.
The whole scenery and setting is amazing and it's the perfect location for taking photos of your little Cinderella.
I loved the gates which had Pumpkins on and the whole area really was a Cinderella themed area. Sylvia had plenty of photos outside the Cinderella carriage. It was beautiful and juts like the carriage in the movie.
We took some lovely photos and I think my daughter did a fantastic job, especially as there were plenty of people watching as we took our photos.
I am so excited with how well these pictures came out. It makes me want to go back and do photo shoots in other costumes.
The restaurant sounds amazing and it's now on our Disney to do list. I think that would be great.
We have talked about which ones to do in future and Sylvia would love to be Belle and even go into the restaurant to meet Belle.
We had a fantastic day in Fantasy Land taking photos was just a small part. The best part for my daughter was going on the rides and we will be sharing a post on that in the coming days. We had a lovely time on Day Three at Disneyland and I can't wait to share more.
What princess would your child choose to be if they went to Disneyland?
It sure was for this one!
It sounds like you had an amazing time! Some great memories have been made there! Every little girl wants to be a Disney princess and she was able to be for a day! These are the kinds of pictures she'll look back on when she's older.
i'm sure she will! I just hope we can have a second child one day so she or he can have experiences like this too!
Thanks. It sure was fun!
What gorgeous photos sounds like u had lots of fun. I loved dressing up as Cinderella when I was a child.
She really does look like a princess, what a cracking location for it too!
I LOVE Disneyland Paris and visited earlier this year! Your daughter is gorgeous and she looks like she is having so much fun!
Ariel is a fun one!
Gorgeous photos. We visit Disney every year and I always look at the prices of the dress up clothes and shudder – they are so expensive. Especially when we have supermarkets like Asda and Sainsbury's that do them and cheaper too. Like you said they sometimes look better than the ones you buy there.
Oh they can be expensivE. We do have to do things on a budget because well we are parents and not loaded! The asda ones are lovely.
Ahh gorgeous! Looks like she's having so much fun! Mine would be Belle or Rapunzel, I'm hoping to take then next year.
oh that would be amazing Laura!
Thanks. I tried to make her hair look like Cinders using a hair tie! It was all Impromptu!
Yes I bet your boys would love that!
Your little girl is so adorable and that dress looks absolutely gorgeous on her. I totally agree about the dress and she really plays the part of a princess well.
Thanks. This was super fun!
My daughter refers to every dress as a Cinderella dress as that was the first Disney movie she saw! Love this shoot and going to have to get that dress for my daughter.
It was really amazing Kitty!
What a beautiful princess! The dress is so adorable. She really looked like a princess on it.
What a perfect location for a princess photo shoot. Sylvia looks gorgeous, I especially love the gloves!
Thanks Rebecca. It was a fab idea!
Thanks lynne. yes they will love it!
thanks louise! 🙂 It was fun!
Those photos are beautiful, I love her Cinderella outfit.
What a wonderful experience for you both to have! Great bargain for the dress too, I bet she felt like a real princess in those surroundings!
Yes I love the Disney Dresses from Asda!
She looks lovely! What a great photoshoot! I love Disneyland.
Sylvia looks so gorgeous, just like a real Disney princess! We loved visiting Disneyland but little man wasn't dressed up!
I bet he loved it though!
What a cute and very fun idea, she looks very regal!
Oh she sure does! It was awesome Steph!
Thanks Rachel. Disneyland is just amazing!
Thanks Laura. It was so fun and I was so excited with the pictures!


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California Passes FAST Recovery Act to Impose New Labor Burdens on Fast-Food Restaurants
Jessica Johansen September 19th, 2022
On September 5, 2022, California's Governor signed the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act, also known as the FAST Recovery Act (the "Act"). While the Act eliminated a prior joint-liability provision for franchisors, it will still impose far-reaching labor burdens on a broadly defined sector of "fast food restaurants" in California. Critics of the Act are seeking a voter referendum, which franchisors with restaurant franchises in California should follow closely.
The Act applies to operators of "fast food restaurants" in California that are part of a "fast food chain," meaning a set of restaurants consisting of 100 or more common-brand locations nationwide. The Act defines a "fast food restaurant" as an establishment providing food or beverages (1) for "immediate consumption," (2) to customers who "order . . . and pay before eating," (3) with "items prepared in advance," and (4) with "limited or no table service." The Act's broad scope could thus apply beyond what many would ordinarily consider fast-food.
The Act establishes a ten-member "Fast Food Council" comprised of franchisors, franchisees, employees, worker advocates, and government officials. Members of the Council will be governor-appointed, serve four-year terms, and set industry standards for hours, wages, and other working conditions.
The Act provides new whistleblower protections for employees of fast-food restaurants. They may now assert private causes of action against operators of fast-food restaurants for allegations of discharge, discrimination, or retaliation due to (1) actual or believed complaints or disclosures of violations, (2) participation in certain proceedings, or (3) refusal to work based on "reasonable cause to believe" the restaurant was violating certain laws or posing a "substantial risk" to health or safety. The Act establishes a rebuttable presumption of discrimination or retaliation if an adverse action occurred within 90 days after the operator learned of the protected activity.
The Act faces substantial opposition from the business community, citing concerns about restaurant closures, price inflation, and an overall decline in fast-food industry employment. The Act is set to take effect on January 1, 2023, but if it qualifies for a voter referendum, its implementation will be put on hold until voters can weigh in, most likely in November 2024. As with many California laws, the Act may serve as an unfortunate model for other industries and states.
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Hi everyone! It's the day before Christmas Eve, and I was wondering how are you spending your day? Hopefully by catching up on each author during the 31 Days, 31 Authors event! There have been so many wonderful authors who have joined this event as well as each of them giving a little background to how they first started writing.
When I first read, Maybe Baby by Kim Golden, I was instantly hooked to Laney and Mads' story. Not only was it a bit unpredictable, but it had all of the elements of finding true love. Yes, they had their problems, but what relationship doesn't? That's why I loved their relationship in this story as well as Maybe Tonight and Maybe Forever. That's why I'm really excited to have Kim be apart of this event, because I'm literally a fan!
Kim Golden was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1995, she left the US and moved to Sweden for love with a capital L with her gorgeous Swede. She writes stories for people who know that love comes in every color.
When she isn't writing fiction, she writes copy about perfume and lipstick for a Swedish cosmetics firm. Or -since she loves to travel- you might find her enjoying good food,wine and company in places like Italy, Spain or her favorite hideaways in Copenhagen and southern Sweden.
When I'm not writing, I love reading, travelling, taking walks, doing yoga. But most of all, I love enjoying good food and wine. I am such a foodie. 🙂 Give me a bowl of mushroom and black truffle risotto or a slice of Sacher torte and I am in seventh heaven.
I was excited. It didn't matter that I was publishing it myself, I was excited that I'd achieved my goal. I still get that sense of excitement every time I publish something.
I would love to be writing full-time, maybe living in a farmhouse here in Sweden or in Italy. And I'll have published 6-7 novels and a few novellas.
If you're going to be an author, you have to be willing to make sacrifices–sacrifice sleep to get your writing time, sacrifice social life sometimes to give more time to your writing…You need to get those writing hours in. And it's not easy. If you want something easy, then writing is not the thing to do. And a lot of people think there are short cuts–but there aren't any. You need to give it your everything.
Once the film started, she was so lost in it, I think she forgot I was even there. I couldn't blame her. The story of a war photographer whose family can no longer accept the danger of her work, and the emotional maelstrom it sets off when she puts one of her children at risk, was so compelling that I was too caught up in it to remember to even eat my popcorn.
Halfway through the film, Eddy shifted in her seat and nestled into me so that her head rested on my shoulder. On the screen, a love scene unfolded between Juliette Binoche and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as they grappled with their issues and the weight of their love for one another. And it hit me–soon Eddy would leave. She'd already made it clear she was returning to New York once Laney and Mads were back from their honeymoon. These weeks in Copenhagen were only a brief respite until she could have access to her apartment in New York. I wanted to convince her to stay despite how fleeting whatever we had was. I was no different from the husband on screen, trying to persuade his wanderlust wife to stay. The only difference was there was nothing to hold Eddy here. And I knew that the only thing we had were these days together. Whatever was going on between us–was it a fling? Were we simply friends?
When she sighed, I turned my head just enough to capture her lips with mine. I cupped her cheek with my palm and held her there. Even in the dark cinema I could see her shining eyes, the questioning they held…but then her hand crept up to mine and her fingers slid into the space mine left and it felt like in that moment we made a promise to one another.
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Not only can you win Maybe Tomorrow through the event's giveaway, but Kim is also giving away two ebook copies to two winners! To enter in this giveaway, simply give your favorite color under the comments section below. Two winners will be randomly chosen. Good luck!


Picture this: after months of hard work, the strategy project team has just delivered its final presentation to the management team, receiving praise, acceptance and a commitment to move forward on the recommended path. Thorough analysis has been conducted, great solutions have been developed, recommendations have been carefully crafted, and the team members breathe a sigh of relief and victory as they leave the room, perhaps celebrating this achievement later that evening. By the time the strategy is communicated, that same team has already disbanded into its respective, disjointed day-to-day jobs. Fast-forward a couple of months – two team members bump into each other in the hallway, and ask each other how the new strategy is working out. As far as they can tell, not much has happened; they both lament the slow speed of change and assure each other that something needs to be done urgently, before shuffling on to the business at hand.
If this sounds familiar to you, it is because the majority of large-scale project recommendations and changes are not implemented or not adequately implemented. The significant efforts that go into strategy design and producing hundreds of PowerPoint slides are, in most cases, insufficiently translated into an equally high-profile, high-urgency, and highly resourced implementation. As a result, many implementation efforts generate only lackluster outcomes, and the underlying strategic initiatives, along with the leadership who initiated and communicated them, lose credibility, and the extended team that was involved gets demoralized.
The reasons why organizations typically struggle to implement initiatives are few and preventable, yet typically hard to address in practice. First, there is the challenge of the strategy itself, which may not have sufficient buy-in from the organization – in particular from middle management – and may be conceptual, high level, and unsuited to the realities of the company. All of these factors mean that it would not lend itself well to bottom-up implementation. Secondly, the right team is often not set up to run the implementation, which is equally as important as the strategy development phase and should get the same exposure to and involvement from senior management. Finally, many implementation plans tend to roll out sequentially rather than in parallel, making one change after another – the time required for this approach means that the plan risks being derailed by competing objectives, or loses momentum in the absence of continuous, noticeable progress.
The most obvious point is frequently also the least resourced and emphasized. High-level strategy goals need to be broken down into constituent milestones and work packages need to be designed, resourced and allocated. Planning needs to be given adequate time so that realistic and credible roadmaps are developed – otherwise implementation is not set up to succeed.
Implementation is often either the responsibility of line managers or special project managers. In reality, the best teams are a mix of both, allowing for the adequate balance between momentum and pragmatism, and the balance between strategy and business realities.
Develop a governance system that audits the project, creates and measures KPIs, and is able to course-correct and escalate if results or progress are not materializing as expected. Those who are part of the governance team should have this reflected in their personal goal-setting to ensure that enough time and priority is allocated to implementation.
The management of stakeholders and their agendas is essential to the success of an implementation program. Stakeholders on all levels need to be addressed and adequately involved.
Active senior management involvement and follow up is crucial to the implementation success. This means not just reviewing the reported 'traffic lights', but helping to remove obstacles and getting engaged in the problem solving.
Larger initiatives require changes in organization and behavior. For this to be effective, project and line managers need to act as role models and ambassadors, not only for the strategy but for the associated behavioral changes. Through strong change management you enable organizational learning and knowledge transfer that will make the change stick and prevent the organization from falling back into the old way of working.
An extensive, long-term communication plan needs to be put into place to continuously reinforce objectives and keep the organization feeling like it is moving together in the same direction.
Our consultants combine comprehensive industry and line management expertise with extensive consulting experience. This allows them to fully understand not only the necessity and objectives of the strategy, but the real-time requirements of an organization that needs to simultaneously operate and change. Additionally, consultants with line business experience understand the 'hidden rules of the game'!
We offer our clients full flexibility. Not only do we encourage a blended team approach where our consultants are fully integrated with the client team, but we also recognize that, especially when it comes to implementation, a dynamic approach is necessary. Sometimes the project requires only a single external resource; other times a full team is needed to create greater momentum. Moreover, we know that these needs change over time.
Implementation has been part of our core offering since a-connect's inception and we are able to draw on rich and diverse project experiences to identify what works and what doesn't work.
Find out more about the implementation projects we have conducted in Financial Services, Life Sciences, Agribusiness, Food and Chemicals and Private Equity. Or, for more information on how a-connect can help you with your implementation challenges, contact us today.


The Green Party has announced its candidate in May's general election.
Emma Wallace, who has lived in Harrow for the past five years, has been announced as the Green Party's candidate for the Harrow East seat – which is currently held by Conservative Bob Blackman MP.
As part of her campaign, she has pledged to fight against proposed cuts to Harrow public services and push for more affordable housing in the borough.
She said: "I am proud to have been selected for Harrow East and would aim to make sure the borough continues to be a dynamic, open and multicultural place to live.
Mr Blackman will be standing for re-election this year, after winning the seat from Labour's Tony McNulty in 2010 with a 7.1 per cent majority – 3,403 votes ahead of Mr McNulty.
Also standing for the seat is Uma Kumaran for the Labour Party and former mayor and councillor Nana Asante for the Socialist Party.
Candidates for Harrow West have also already been announced, with Labour MP Gareth Thomas hoping to retain the seat as he takes on Conservative candidate Hannah David.
In the Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner seat – which was created in 2010 - Conservative MP Nick Hurd will battle against Labour's Michael Borio.


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Q: Flash AS3 how to reset drag and drop game? I am working on a Drag and Drop game in AS3.
How to reset its positions when a new game starts?
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A: well its highly depended on how you're game is developed but an easy way is to have an array on the document class that contains all the positions and initialize the position when beginning a new game

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